DS Smith to close it`s Aylesford, Kent factory. 100 job losses expected.
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Behind a paywall for some, but will be elsewhere too I expect.
The plant has had a halving of its exports since Brexit. DS Smith has other plants in the UK, and in EU, but says it
s UK operation is being subsidised by its operations elsewhere, and that can`t continue.
Management say the Gov plans to diverge from EU rules are a hindrance and not a help to business.